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Published: 2009-06-21 00:42:54 +0000 UTC; Views: 1720; Favourites: 15; Downloads: 24
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The famous Illinois Southern GP30 #536 from the wreck in the movie The Fugitive. [link]The wreck was filmed on the Great Smoky Mountains Railroad In Dillsboro, North Carolina. [link]
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They actually used models to film some scenes (Don't know which ones) But The model of 536, a flatbed and the boxcar still exist, It's at the Planet Hollywood Restaurant o Broadway at NYC.
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I think the models were used in the shed explosion, and de-coupling (coupler break) during the wreck.
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Did you know that The Fugitive was made by Andrew davis the same guy that
directed the first Under Siege film and jeb stuart who made switchback 1997
who also worked on this Film.
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Yep. Did you know Jonathan Banks, who played Mike in Breaking Bad, also played in Under Siege 2.
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That I didn't know about.
BTW Runaway 1973 stamp is Ready.
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Yep, he was the one who operated the locomotive.
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If the IC and NS railroads had merged, this might have been the result.
I wonder what's planned for that old GP30...
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It's just a movie prop now basiclly. The only reason it's there, is because it was used in the Fugitive.
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I'd like to see it restored and used as a rail museum piece, perhaps even for passenger excursions. Just a thought...
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It's little more than a shell, on a frame. They pulled it out of the scrap pile, to wreck it. There is no way that it will ever run again. Sorry to say.
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In other words, a better idea would be to take a working GP30 and re-furbish and repaint it. Well, just a thought, I guess.
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I still say that train wreck scene from that movie was very intense, especially when seeing it in a theater.
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Oh yeah. Have you seen the movie?
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Sadly no but, i plan on seeing it now. ^^
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Thanks, & are you tlaking about Illinois Central because Illinois Southern was a fictional railroad used in The Fugitive.
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No, the Great Smokey Mountains Railroad :3
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